Nintendo and Rising Star Games have finally announced the release date for the long anticipated sequel/prequel to the cult-classic murder mystery horror gameDeadly Premonition.Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguisewill release for Nintendo Switch on July 10th 2020. The game was first announced during a Nintendo Direct last September to much surprise with an incredibly small glimpse at gameplay, but since then developer Toybox has said very little about the title.
Thankfully, fans won’t have to wait long to unravelDeadly Premonition 2’s secrets, as today Nintendo’s social media channels have released a stylish teaser revealing the game’s release date of July 10th. This comes after the game’sfamed director Hidetaka ‘Swery65’ Suehirohinted at impending news for the title last week.
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Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguiseis being touted as both a prequel and a sequel to the 2010 original, as the game will be split into two stories with one set in 2005 following the original game’s protagonist Francis York Morgan as he investigates a string of serial murders in Lá Carre, a small town in New Orleans, while the other follows two different FBI agents named Jones and Davis investigating the same case in present-day Boston. The game will also feature an open world like the original, with the option to traverse it via a customizable skateboard, along with mini-games such as bowling, skateboard challenges and more.
Despite suddenly appearing 10 years after the release of the original, Swery and the team at Toybox seem to be pulling out all the stops to makeDeadly Premonition 2the sequel fans have always wanted. The story synopsis even implies that the segments featuring Francis York Morgan will tie into the scenes added to the PlayStation 3 Director’s Cut of the original game, in which York references a murder mystery case he was investigating in New Orleans. What makes this strange, however, is the fact thatthe version released on Nintendo Switchlast year,Deadly Premonition: Origins, was not the Director’s Cut but instead a port of the original Xbox 360 release.
Newcomers itching to jump intoDeadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguisewill be pleased to hear that theDeadly Premonition: Originsport for Nintendo Switch is currently 50% off on the Nintendo eShop until May 15th. The sequel will bereleased on Nintendo Switchexclusively, however Rising Star Games have hinted at a release on other platforms eventually.Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguisewill release for a MSRP of $49.99 both physically and digitally on the Nintendo eShop. The game is currently available to pre-order and pre-load digitally.
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguisewill release on July 10th 2020.
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